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The solution to the growing problem of stress and burnout in rabbis
Written by a practicing clinical psychologist who spent 10 years as
a congregational rabbi, The Rabbi As Symbolic Exemplar: By the
Power Vested in Me presents positive solutions to the inevitable
negative effects of symbolic exemplarhood, coaching rabbis through
dilemmas of the "inner soul." Being a rabbi means serving as a
Symbolic Exemplar of the best that is in humankind, being
experienced and treated and expected to act as a stand-in for God,
and a walking, talking symbol of all that Jewish tradition
represents. The burden of being a symbolic exemplar of God is
extraordinary, and the struggle to live up to its "requirements"
can be one of loneliness, frustration, and despair, alienating
rabbis who tire of living in a glass house.The Rabbi As Symbolic
Exemplar examines how the symbolic role that serves as the source
of the rabbi's authority and power can lead to disillusionment and
disenchantment. Author Jack H Bloom draws on his own experience as
a rabbi who watched the successful career he enjoyed turn into one
he desperately wanted to forsake and how he was inspired to become
an "athletic coach" for rabbis. This unique book details how
symbolic exemplarhood is created, what its downside is, what power
it offers, how it can be used effectively, how rabbis can deal with
their inner lives, and what can be done to help rabbis stay "human"
while maintaining their leadership.The Rabbi As Symbolic Exemplar
is equally effective as a complete text or as a source of
stand-alone chapters on specific topics, including: special
tensions of being a rabbi effects of symbolic exemplarhood on the
rabbi's family educating rabbis on their power training suggestions
curing and healing and The Ten Commandments for rabbisThe Rabbi As
Symbolic Exemplar is essential reading for rabbis, rabbinical
students, congregants, Christian clergy, seminarians and anyone
interested in what it is to be a clergy person and how they can
support the work clergy do. The book educates both clergy and laity
on the humanity of clergy.Visit the author's website at http:
//jackhbloom.com
A collection of caregiving tools combining the values of Jewish
tradition and self-relationsuseful for practitioners of ANY faith!
Self-relations, a powerful framework for doing respectful and
humane caregiving for oneself and for others is here brought into
relationship with Jewish thought. Jewish Relational Care A-Z: We
Are Our Other's Keeper is an extensive resource for caregiving
tools and approaches. Using Jewish tradition and Self-Relations as
take-off points, experts from many fields provide insightful
perspectives and effective strategies for caregiving. In the
language of self-relations each of us is not referred to as a Self.
Instead, each of us is more accurately described as a relationship
between selvesrelationship is the basic psychological and religious
unit! Jewish Relational Care A-Z: We Are Our Other's Keeper
sensitively centers on relationships and the healing process, using
the understanding that to spark healing in others, a loving,
respectful relationship must first be present between every aspect
of our selves. Thirty-six categories of caregiving are
comprehensively presented, allowing its use as a helpful resource
for any clergy considering any of the included topics. Each
author's personal reflections, and personal experiences using care
tools clearly illustrate how love-respect relationships within
oneself can transcend into effective care for others. Jewish
Relational Care A-Z: We Are Our Other's Keeper provides helpful
tools and explores: the use of language as a relational care tool
time management for optimum performance for oneself and for others
compassion fatigue, the need for self-care, and nurturing your own
spiritual and psychological development purposeful visiting as a
sacred task silence as an important part of spiritual care the
profound difference made in lives through relational listening
music as sacred powera communion between humans and the Divine
chanting as an intimate expression of the soul creative ritual in
relational healing spontaneous prayer, and its place in relational
care relational care with other faiths inside and outside of the
community care for those going through divorce care when a
pregnancy is unwelcome relational care for sexual orientation and
gender identity issues successful caring for those who don't care
about you dealing with traumatic loss care for those who have
sinned sexually fragile relationships care with the healthy aging
relational care and retired clergy care for those traumatized by
sexual abuse care for the cognitively impaired, mentally ill, and
developmentally disabled care for the final moments of life care
for the sick and dying care within the grieving process Jewish
Relational Care A-Z: We Are Our Other's Keeper is practical,
insightful reading for clergy and caregivers of all denominations,
educators, students, and lay people who care about clergy and their
work.
The solution to the growing problem of stress and burnout in rabbis
Written by a practicing clinical psychologist who spent 10 years as
a congregational rabbi, The Rabbi As Symbolic Exemplar: By the
Power Vested in Me presents positive solutions to the inevitable
negative effects of symbolic exemplarhood, coaching rabbis through
dilemmas of the "inner soul." Being a rabbi means serving as a
Symbolic Exemplar of the best that is in humankind, being
experienced and treated and expected to act as a stand-in for God,
and a walking, talking symbol of all that Jewish tradition
represents. The burden of being a symbolic exemplar of God is
extraordinary, and the struggle to live up to its "requirements"
can be one of loneliness, frustration, and despair, alienating
rabbis who tire of living in a glass house.The Rabbi As Symbolic
Exemplar examines how the symbolic role that serves as the source
of the rabbi's authority and power can lead to disillusionment and
disenchantment. Author Jack H Bloom draws on his own experience as
a rabbi who watched the successful career he enjoyed turn into one
he desperately wanted to forsake and how he was inspired to become
an "athletic coach" for rabbis. This unique book details how
symbolic exemplarhood is created, what its downside is, what power
it offers, how it can be used effectively, how rabbis can deal with
their inner lives, and what can be done to help rabbis stay "human"
while maintaining their leadership.The Rabbi As Symbolic Exemplar
is equally effective as a complete text or as a source of
stand-alone chapters on specific topics, including: special
tensions of being a rabbi effects of symbolic exemplarhood on the
rabbi's family educating rabbis on their power training suggestions
curing and healing and The Ten Commandments for rabbisThe Rabbi As
Symbolic Exemplar is essential reading for rabbis, rabbinical
students, congregants, Christian clergy, seminarians and anyone
interested in what it is to be a clergy person and how they can
support the work clergy do. The book educates both clergy and laity
on the humanity of clergy.Visit the author's website at http:
//jackhbloom.com
A collection of caregiving tools combining the values of Jewish
tradition and self-relationsuseful for practitioners of ANY faith!
Self-relations, a powerful framework for doing respectful and
humane caregiving for oneself and for others is here brought into
relationship with Jewish thought. Jewish Relational Care A-Z: We
Are Our Other's Keeper is an extensive resource for caregiving
tools and approaches. Using Jewish tradition and Self-Relations as
take-off points, experts from many fields provide insightful
perspectives and effective strategies for caregiving. In the
language of self-relations each of us is not referred to as a Self.
Instead, each of us is more accurately described as a relationship
between selvesrelationship is the basic psychological and religious
unit! Jewish Relational Care A-Z: We Are Our Other's Keeper
sensitively centers on relationships and the healing process, using
the understanding that to spark healing in others, a loving,
respectful relationship must first be present between every aspect
of our selves. Thirty-six categories of caregiving are
comprehensively presented, allowing its use as a helpful resource
for any clergy considering any of the included topics. Each
author's personal reflections, and personal experiences using care
tools clearly illustrate how love-respect relationships within
oneself can transcend into effective care for others. Jewish
Relational Care A-Z: We Are Our Other's Keeper provides helpful
tools and explores: the use of language as a relational care tool
time management for optimum performance for oneself and for others
compassion fatigue, the need for self-care, and nurturing your own
spiritual and psychological development purposeful visiting as a
sacred task silence as an important part of spiritual care the
profound difference made in lives through relational listening
music as sacred powera communion between humans and the Divine
chanting as an intimate expression of the soul creative ritual in
relational healing spontaneous prayer, and its place in relational
care relational care with other faiths inside and outside of the
community care for those going through divorce care when a
pregnancy is unwelcome relational care for sexual orientation and
gender identity issues successful caring for those who don't care
about you dealing with traumatic loss care for those who have
sinned sexually fragile relationships care with the healthy aging
relational care and retired clergy care for those traumatized by
sexual abuse care for the cognitively impaired, mentally ill, and
developmentally disabled care for the final moments of life care
for the sick and dying care within the grieving process Jewish
Relational Care A-Z: We Are Our Other's Keeper is practical,
insightful reading for clergy and caregivers of all denominations,
educators, students, and lay people who care about clergy and their
work.
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